Private company

Via-LA

Logo: via-la.com3

Patent licensing company

Via-LA is an American company based in San Francisco, California that licenses patent pools covering essential patents. Via Licensing Corp acquired MPEG-LA in April 2023 and formed a new patent pool administration company called Via Licensing Alliance.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Via-LA is an American company based in San Francisco, California that licenses patent pools covering essential patents. Via Licensing Corp acquired MPEG-LA in April 2023 and formed a new patent pool administration company called Via Licensing Alliance.2

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded MPEG LA1

Sources

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